kernel parameters for video settings in BootX or miboot

Subject: kernel parameters for video settings in BootX or miboot
From: Alexander Holst (holst@fh-pforzheim.de)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 07:28:31 MDT

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
• Next message: Alexander Holst: "power save and XFree86-4"
• Previous message: Ani Joshi: "Mac nVidia GeForce2 support patches"

Hi everybody,

I would like to set my video resolution to 1152x870 upon booting into
Linux. What parameters do I have to specify in either BootX or miboot?

So far, even when set under MacOS to 1152x870, the resolution will fall
back to 1024x768 exactly at the point, the penguin appears on the screen.
Setting the resolution after booting is no problem via fbset, but I would
like the 1152x870 resolution as standard on all consoles.

System:
Beige G3/233 Desktop series 1 (ATI Rage II chip)
YDL2.0 with default 2.2.19 kernel

bootloader:
miboot [on a standalone machine with only Linux installed and no MacOS]
BootX 1.2b3 [on my desktop machine, dual boot MacOS 9.0.4 YDL2.0]

Any help appreciated.

Alexander Holst
SysAdmin MacLabor Visuelle Kommunikation
Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences
Germany
ph.: +49 [0]7231 28-6837
fx.: +49 [0]7231 28-6040
<holst@fh-pforzheim.de>

• Next message: Alexander Holst: "power save and XFree86-4"
• Previous message: Ani Joshi: "Mac nVidia GeForce2 support patches"

This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Mon Oct 08 2001 - 06:39:46 MDT